Nen Aryouchu

Japanese: 然阿良忠 - ねんありょうちゅう

1199-1287 (Shoji 1-Koan 10)
A Jodo sect monk in the mid-Kamakura period. Zen Master Kishu. A native of Iwami Province. After becoming a monk at the age of 16, he studied Nembutsu, Tendai, Kusha, Zen and Vinaya, and in 1236 (Kasei 2) became a disciple of Ben'a Bencho of the Jodo sect's Chinzei-gi. He then made an effort to spread the Jodo sect in the eastern provinces, and entered Kamakura with the help of Daibutsu Kanjin Sho Joko, and after gaining the devout support of Daibutsu Chocho, he founded Goshin-ji Temple (later Komyo-ji Temple). He adopted a compromising stance, aiming for official recognition of the Jodo sect under the exoteric and esoteric system. [Hosokawa Ryoichi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1199‐1287(正治1‐弘安10)
鎌倉中期の浄土宗の僧。記主禅師。石見国の人。16歳で出家後，念仏･天台･俱舎･禅･律の諸宗を兼学し，1236年(嘉禎2)浄土宗鎮西義の弁阿弁長の弟子となった。その後東国諸国での浄土宗の教化に努め，大仏勧進聖浄光を頼って鎌倉に入り，大仏朝直の帰依を得て悟真寺(のち光明寺)を開いた。顕密体制下での浄土宗の公認をめざす妥協的な立場をとった。【細川涼一】

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